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James Edmondson, Sr. , also known as Professor Backwards, (June 10, 1910-January 29, 1976) was a vaudevillian/comedian who appeared on TV from the 1950s to the early 1970s, most notably on The Ed Sullivan Show, The Tonight Show, and The Mike Douglas Show. Events 1190 - Third Crusade: Frederick I Barbarossa drowns in the Sally River while leading an army to Jerusalem Year 1910 ( MCMX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Events 904 - Sergius III comes out of retirement to take over the papacy from the deposed Antipope Christopher. Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Vaudeville was a Genre of variety entertainment prevalent on the stage in the United States and Canada, from the early 1880s A comedian or comic is a person who seeks to entertain an audience primarily by making them laugh The 1950s Decade refers to the years of 1950 to 1959 inclusive This article is about the Decade 1970-1979 For the Year 1970 see 1970. The Ed Sullivan Show was an American television Variety show that ran from June 20, 1948 to June 6, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno as appropriate --> The Tonight Show is a long-running The Mike Douglas Show was an American daytime Television Talk show hosted by Mike Douglas that ran from 1961 to 1982 In addition to traditional stand-up comedy, Edmondson's act featured his ability to write in script that was upside down and/or backwards, spell and pronounce words backwards, and read an inverted blackboard correctly. Stand-up comedy is a style of comedy where the performer speaks directly to the audience with the absence of the theatrical " Fourth wall " A chalkboard or blackboard is a reusable Writing surface on which text or drawings are made with sticks of Calcium sulfate, known when used for this

On January 29, 1976, Edmondson was murdered after he was accosted at his College Park, Georgia, residence by three men, one of them armed with a pistol. Murder is the unlawful killing of another human person with Malice aforethought, as defined in Common Law countries College Park is a city located partly in Fulton County Georgia and partially in Clayton County Georgia, in the United States. After a demand for $5000, Edmondson produced a check for $300; afterwards, the gunman decided to wait overnight with Edmondson until the local bank opened, at which time, the intruders escorted Edmondson into his automobile "drove around for an hour"[1]. When the car was stopped, three of the four men (including Edmondson) exited, and the life of "Professor Backwards" ended with three gunshots to the head. All three assailants were eventually arrested, charged with murder and armed robbery, convicted on both charges, and sentenced to life imprisonment. Robbery is the Crime of seizing Property through Violence or Intimidation.

Quotations

"I came down from Jacksonville on a train that was the slowest train I'd ever been on. A train is a connected series of vehicles that move along a track ( Permanent way) to transport freight or passengers from one place to another I said to the conductor, 'Can't you run any faster?' He said, 'Yeah, but I gotta stay on the train. ' A woman ran up to the conductor and said, 'Stop the train. I have to get to the maternity hospital. A hospital is an institution for Health care providing treatment by specialised staff and equipment and often but not always providing for ' He said, 'You had no business getting on the train in that condition. ' She said, 'I didn't. '"

"I had a brand-new Mercury. Mercury is an Automobile Marque of the Ford Motor Company founded in 1939 by Edsel Ford, son of Henry Ford, to market entry-level-luxury I loaned it to my brother last week. I said, 'Treat it as if it was your own. ' He sold it. "

"I was walking in Manhattan the other day and a guy ran up to me and said, 'How do I get to the nearest hospital?' I told him, 'Just walk across Park Avenue with your eyes closed. '"

"I went up to the salesgirl. I said, 'I'd like to see something cheap in a man's suit. ' She said, 'The mirror's on the left. '"

"What gets me is that estimated tax return. Tax returns in the United States are reports filed with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS or with the state or local Tax collection agency ( California You have to guess how much you're gonna make. You have to fill it out, fix it up, sign it, send it in. I sent mine in last week. I didn't sign it. If I have to guess how much I'm gonna make, let them guess who sent it. The "

"You know what a stewardess is. Flight attendants or cabin crew (historically known as stewards air hosts/hostesses or stewardesses) are members of an Aircrew That's a girl who asks you what you want, then straps you in the seat so you can't get it. "

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